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ANDREW SHURTLEFF | The (Charlottesville) Daily Progress NCAA William Mary Virginia Baseball ANDREW SHURTLEFF | The (Charlottesville) Daily Progress ANDREW SHURTLEFF | The (Charlottesville) Daily Progress Virginia coach Brian O’Connor watches a play during Sunday’s NCAA regional baseball game in Charlottesville. William & Mary ended Virginia’s season with a 5-4 victory. Posted: Sunday, June 5, 2016 8:19 pm Woody: UVa baseball coach shows strength of character By Paul Woody Richmond…

The University of Minnesota plays in the NCAA men’s baseball tournament at 8 p.m. against Texas A&M. If the Gophers win, another game for the regional title will be played against Texas A&M, the host team, on Monday night. If the Gophers lose they will be eliminated. For those with access through a cable or satellite provider log-in, the game can be watched on ESPN3 or the ESPN mobile app….

Despite gallant efforts against some of college baseball’s heavyweights, the MEAC’s Bethune-Cookman and the SWAC’s Alabama State saw their seasons come to an end in the NCAA Division I baseball championships. In its 15th regional appearance, Bethune-Cookman, of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, dropped its Friday and Saturday games 9-3 to No. 1 overall seed Florida and 12-3 to Georgia Tech in the Gainesville Regional. Alabama State fell 18-6 on Friday…

OAKLAND, Calif. – For the last two years, Draymond Green has been described as the heart and soul of the Golden State Warriors. Never has that label been more fitting than in Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night, when Green’s energetic 28-point performance pulled the Warriors out of a sluggish start and led the team to a 110-77 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. “The way they’re playing…

Your teams on the go or at home. Personalize SI with our new App. Install on iOS (iOS or Android) Unless you are an American with predilection for Canadian sports television, you likely had little knowledge of the popularity of sportscasters Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole prior to the duo landing at Fox Sports 1 in 2013. It was only until I spent a week in Toronto late last year for…

Mike Ashley will go before MPs to “defend the good name” of Sports Direct on Tuesday in a change of plan just days after he said he would defy a parliamentary summons. The billionaire founder of the retail chain has written to the Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) committee to say that he had a change of heart after careful consideration over the weekend. On Friday MPs said they would…

Caption Close BATON ROUGE, La. – Twenty-three hours and 45 minutes after it was suspended and 1 day, 16 hours and 53 minutes after it was originally scheduled, Wayne Graham and the Rice baseball program achieved their 81st victory in the NCAA tournament. And, in doing so, the No. 2 seed Owls (36-22) no longer have to sit on a crushing loss in the Conference USA title game, which lasted…

UConn baseball’s run in the NCAA Tournament is over. The Huskies were eliminated 7-5 by Georgia Tech, which scored twice in the top of the ninth to win, at the regional in Gainesville, Fla., on Sunday. “It’s incredibly hard to see the guys that just played their last game in our uniform,” UConn coach Jim Penders said afterward. “They gave every drop of energy, sweat and tears to the program…

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All hail the Inland Empire and the 210, 91, 71, 15 and 215 freeways that helped families and fans discover the hottest area, literally and figuratively, for high school sports in 2015-16. It was a little past 11:05 on Saturday night in scorching San Bernardino, when Murrieta Mesa won the Southern Section Division 1 baseball championship with a 3-2, 10-inning victory over Studio City Harvard-Westlake. It took three hours, 36…

Image copyright Martin Rickett/PA Image caption Sports Direct boss and Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley had initially refused to appear before MPs Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley says he will now go before MPs to defend the firm’s “good name”. It reverses the billionaire’s previous decision not to appear before the business, innovation and skills select committee on Tuesday to answer questions on working conditions. In a letter, Mr Ashley…

Vardy scored one Premier League goal fewer than Tottenham’s Harry Kane in helping Leicester win the title Jamie Vardy is expected to decide whether he will join Arsenal from Leicester City before leaving for Euro 2016 with England on Monday. The 29-year-old striker is set to tell the Gunners of his decision prior to flying to the national team’s base for the tournament in Chantilly, France. England depart from Luton…

The NASCAR race originally slated to run Sunday afternoon has been rescheduled for Monday due to persistent rain and heavy fog at Pocono Raceway. The Axalta 400 will now take the green flag at noon ET Monday, weather permitting. NASCAR’s 14th event of the season will be broadcasted by Fox Sports 1. Inclement weather has been an issue throughout the weekend at Pocono. Just 10 minutes into practice…

When American athletes arrive for the Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro two months from now, they will compete in a country embroiled in political turmoil and facing the worst economic crisis since the 1930s. Last month, Brazil’s Senate impeached the country’s first female president, Dilma Rousseff, over accusations that she doctored Brazil’s accounts in order to present a rosier view of the country’s fiscal situation prior to her reelection…

The US Women’s National Team just played their soccer rivals, Japan, to a draw. Will Team USA take home the win during their June 5 clash at 12.30pm EST? It’s time for the second international friendly and HollywoodLife.com wants you to see it. Click to watch. It’s time for Round 2! Japan fought the United States Women’s National Team to the bitter end in a friendly soccer match, but neither…

The Philadelphia International Cycling Classic, the professional bike race that features the Manayunk Wall, is underway.  Watch it live:    Eduard Prades of Spain won the men’s race, covering 110.7 miles on the 12.3-mile course in 3 hours 57 minutes and 37 seconds. The women’s race, which is part of the newly…

Andrew Berkshire June 5, 2016, 10:43 AM Andrew Berkshire   June 5, 2016, 10:43 AM The 2016 World Cup of Hockey rosters have been announced, and although there has been a ton of controversy surrounding some of the players not named, what we’re looking at today is the approximated strength of each roster. Using Sportlogiq’s 2015-16 season data, we can combine the named players to create team averages for a variety…